About examination period 4 and re-exam period 3, spring 2023
Information from VS Education Office (EDO) and the Education Portfolio (UP)
EXAMINATION
Here is a summary of information with reminders and tips on skills development and online resources for the spring 2023: exam period 4 (29/5–3/6 and 5/6) and the re-exam period 3 (7–9/6).
Reminder: Change to default due time in Canvas
The default due time in Canvas has changed from 23:59 to 19:00. The pre-filled value when creating an assignment (as of 31 October 2022) now is 19:00. Teachers can still choose the due date for an assignment.
Change to default due time in Canvas
Also remember
Inform students in Canvas
The examiner is responsible for informing the students in Canvas in good time before the examination about the form and conduct of the examination. Be extra clear about which due time applies.
Information to communicate to students
Please feel free to refer students to information about examinations on the Student website .
Funka Support
Prior to the examination date, the examination administration on each campus is the entry point for handling students with compensatory support. See contact details for each campus in the grey info box heading "Exam Administration for Funka Support".
Funka's recommendations regarding support during examination
Checklists to help you through the process
Examiners (and/or those to whom the examiner has delegated tasks) can be supported by a checklist of what to think about before, during and after the examination.
Checklist for conducting examinations
There is also a specific checklist for how you work in Canvas – everything from creating materials to having the correct settings – to make the examination work as smooth as possible.
Checklist – Before examination in Canvas
Prepare your examination room in Canvas
In order for teachers to be able to prepare in the examination room, you, as the examiner, need to add them to the room. It is also important to remember to publish the exam room for students to see. If you want to know more about how KTH's examination room works and is managed:
KTH has two templates for examination rooms in Canvas: a task-based and a module-based template. Both have special sections for students with compensatory support.
Assignment-based exam room template in Canvas
Module-based exam room template in Canvas
Order lockdown for examination in computer room (= KTH Digicertus Exam) no later than 5 days before
The lockdown solution for examinations in computer rooms has been named KTH Digicertus Exam. Continue to order your lockdown examination via email to IT support. Each exam period during the spring semester of 2023 has an order deadline. Read about the solution and the last date for ordering the KTH Digicertus Exam via the link below. Note that you can have digital exams in the computer room without the lockdown solution. However, even if you do not need to order the specific lockdown solution, you still need to book computer rooms and, if necessary, contact Tentafunka in advance.
KTH Digicertus Exam, information for spring 2023
Locked examination in computer rooms, information for administrators
"Tablets make examinations more flexible" (ITM internal pages, 2022-11-16)
Digital tools to facilitate the assessment
In Canvas, there are two tools developed by the Education Portfolio to facilitate the assessment work.
KTH Import Exams
If you want to avoid paper handling, you can assess your written on-campus exams digitally in Canvas with the KTH Import Exams function. The function is installed in all examination rooms, but you must activate it yourself. Read more how KTH Import Exams works on the page about Scanned exams for Canvas .
KTH Transfer to Ladok
Once the assessment is complete, the results can be transferred securely to Ladok using the KTH Transfer to Ladok (T2L) function. Read more about T2L on the page about Transferring grades from Canvas to Ladok .
Skills development
KTH's training for examiners
The aim of the Qualification course for examiners is to acquire or update your knowledge of the current rules and guidelines governing examinations and the role of the examiner in order to be able to act correctly as an examiner. During the course, you will learn more about legal certainty, outcome-based, assessment of equal value, and become familiar with KTH's local regulations regarding course syllabuses and examinations.
Go to the Qualification Course for Examiners (Canvas)
Outcomes-based grading criteria
All KTH courses with a graded grading system shall have outcomes-based grading criteria. Well written and implemented grading criteria will make:
- the course is clearer and more motivating for the students
- the examination process is fairer
- the examination process more structured for the teacher
- the quality of the examination higher
- the teacher saves time by using it.
See the rules and more online resources on Outcomes-based grading criteria
Consolidated information on assessment
There is a place on the intranet's education support pages that consolidates information and shortcuts to online pages about assessment and examination. The main content consists of guides for you who want suggestions and inspiration for developing your course's assessment and examination methods.